[SCCC] New England QSO Party

[Kurt Pauer]

This weekend is the NEQP on Saturday and Sunday.  There are two sessions:
 Saturday from 1 pm PDT to 10 pm PDT and Sunday from 6 am PDT to 5 pm PDT.
 The exchange is 599 CA for California stations.  New England stations send
a five letter group, the first three letters are the county and the last
two letters are the state.  For instance, HILNH is Hillsborough County New
Hampshire.  There are 67 counties in New England and the list with
abbreviations may be found at www.neqp.org.  The website is similar in
content to the Cal QSO Party.

There are three other events going on this weekend as well:  7QP, Indiana
QP, and ARI.  There is information on the web on how to operate in all of
them simultaneously.  Saturday is always difficult to work New England
stations as the 7QP stations are much louder.  However, Sunday is pretty
easy.

There are currently three rover stations that will fill in the sparsely
populated counties:  WA1Z/m, NZ1U/m, and KM3T/m.  WA1Z will be working NH
and VT, NZ1U will be working NH and ME, and KM3T is planning southern New
England (MA and RI).

Now the shameless part.  I will be driving for Bob, WA1Z, and will be
listening through the car radio speaker.  He has great ears and will be
listening for 6's.  Look for him around 047.5 above the band edge.  If
anyone is interested in our schedule, send me an e-mail at w6ph at aol.com.

There is a very nice plaque for the highest single op score in the west.

I hope to hear a lot of 6's in the log.

73, Kurt W6PH/1